While the ethnic majority concerns itself with a lack of pubs, bagel shops and "cupcake cafes", and calls for more support for "small businesses" while simultaneously launching a racial boycott of existing "small businesses", the road where "no-one" goes could do with improved safety measures to protect local residents, including, presumably, the many people who already live there and are not "househunting" in adjacent roads in order to make the area where they live more "vibrant":

Both jobs are part time, and both are fantastic opportunities to help Stanley Halls build up its community base in South Norwood and environs.
Details are on the links above. Closing date for both is 21 May and the contact person is Amie Salmon - Amie@stanleyhalls.org.uk

While the ethnic majority concerns itself with a lack of pubs, bagel shops and "cupcake cafes", and calls for more support for "small businesses" while simultaneously launching a racial boycott of existing "small businesses", the road where "no-one" goes could do with improved safety measures to protect local residents, including, presumably, the many people who already live there and are not "househunting" in adjacent roads in order to make the area where they live more "vibrant":

The Chinese-run Yu Ye Fish Bar (which served Chinese food as well as the ethnic majority delicacy of fish and chips) at 31 Clifford Road has now closed after 37 years of trading 50m from Norwood Junction station.

It’s not a cinema as such. They mostly meet in a room in the Conservative Club, which is desperate for custom, what with being in a strong Labour Ward!

It used to be the film club from Stanley Halls - hence the name - but the woman running it refused to hand over any money to the charity running the halls and decided she wanted to set it up as a business and pay her self a wage out of profits, so she was asked to start paying rent, after two years of being rent free and the charity making a loss out of it, but left instead.

She tried to take the projector and screen with her, but they belong to the charity so she had to leave them behind. I believe she’s borrowing equipment.

She registered the name the day after, because her business model is helped by people thinking she’s a charity.

She is now waging a social media campaign against Stanley Halls, saying that they “sacked” her and “evicted” her. Neither of which is true.

She only pays herself - everyone else is a volunteer or unpaid intern.

I’m still a member (I joined before I knew she was pocketing the money) but don’t feel comfortable enough to go anymore. Which is a shame - they showed a documentary last month about the gentrification of Brixton and the film maker was there.

Yu Ye Chinese Takeaway closed because of health issues of the elderly owners.

Tithe Café on youtube video above, is going to be replaced by a Portuguese café, and I expect will do a lot better than Tithe.

A number of new places have either recently opened, or are in the pipeline. Mimosa Café has recently opened opposite the station, works on Emerton’s has started, and the word is that it will re-open as a pizzeria. A cupcake shop is taking one of the small units on Station Road. Costa are also taking a unit on the High Street, and have applied for a food license – depends on how you feel about coffee chains, but there we are. The new Apna is an excellent indian takeaway, shame it’s not a sit-down restaurant.

The Clocktower Market has doubled in size and has an increasingly interesting offer. The car park next to Aldi will be redeveloped in 2018. A number of other new shops have opened further down along Portland Road / Market Parade (new fishmonger, new coffee shop & upcycling furniture shop just on Market Parade) – with a new bakery/pizzeria run by the same guys that run the brilliant Portland Arms due to open shortly.

Yu Ye Chinese Takeaway closed because of health issues of the elderly owners.

Tithe Café on youtube video above, is going to be replaced by a Portuguese café, and I expect will do a lot better than Tithe.

A number of new places have either recently opened, or are in the pipeline. Mimosa Café has recently opened opposite the station, works on Emerton’s has started, and the word is that it will re-open as a pizzeria. A cupcake shop is taking one of the small units on Station Road. Costa are also taking a unit on the High Street, and have applied for a food license – depends on how you feel about coffee chains, but there we are. The new Apna is an excellent indian takeaway, shame it’s not a sit-down restaurant.

The Clocktower Market has doubled in size and has an increasingly interesting offer. The car park next to Aldi will be redeveloped in 2018. A number of other new shops have opened further down along Portland Road / Market Parade (new fishmonger, new coffee shop & upcycling furniture shop just on Market Parade) – with a new bakery/pizzeria run by the same guys that run the brilliant Portland Arms due to open shortly.

It’ll still be the only place in south norwood where you can get a smashed avocado and poached eggs for breakfast, and they’re now doing pop-up dinner clubs, so hopefully they can keep going. I’m not sure whether they have a lot of people just popping in for a coffee anyway, might be wrong.

It’ll still be the only place in south norwood where you can get a smashed avocado and poached eggs for breakfast, and they’re now doing pop-up dinner clubs, so hopefully they can keep going. I’m not sure whether they have a lot of people just popping in for a coffee anyway, might be wrong.

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If you’re talking about Coffee Craft, lots of people pop in for a coffee, including takeaways.